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Aotearoa

NZ / long white cloud

Aroha

love

atua

ancestor/deity

awa

river

hangi

traditional feast in earth oven

haka

war dance

hapu

clan/subtribe

hikoi

walk

hine

young woman/wife

hongi

traditional maori greeting

hui

gathering/meeting

iti

small

iwi

tribe

kai

food

kainga

village

kaitiaki

guardian

karakia

prayer

karanga

female oratory during marae welcome

kaumatua

elder

koha

gift, usually money, given by guest to host

kohanga reo

language nest, Te Reo immersion preschool

kore

nothing

te kore

the Void, realm of potential being

kuia

female elder

kuri

dog

mahi

work/activity

mana

prestige, reputation

manuhiri

guests/visitors

maori

indigenous inhabitants of NZ

marae

area of formal discourse in front of meeting house

marama

moon

matakite

prophet/prophecy

matariki

the Pleiades: rising heralds of Maori mid winter new year

matua

parents

maunga

mountain

mihimihi

introductory speeches

moana

sea/ocean

mokopuna

grandchild/descendent

motu

island

muru

plunder, restorative justice

ngeru

cat

nui

large, many

pa

fortified village

pakeha

NZ of european descent

potiki

youngest child

papatuanuku

earth mother

pounamu

greenstone

powhiri

traditional maori welcome on marae

puku

belly

ra

sun

rangatira

person of chiefly rank

ranginui

sky father

roimata

tears (of crying)

tama

son, young man

tamahine

daughter

tamariki

children

tane

man, husband

tangata whenua

people of the land

taniwha

supernatural guardians

tangi

funeral

taonga

treasured possesions

tapu

sacred

tikanga

maori customs, etiquette

tipuna or tupuna

ancestor

tohunga

traditional maori priest/healer

turangawaewae

place where one has right of residence and belonging through kinship and whakapapa

utu

reciprocity

wahine

woman, wife

wai

water

waiata

song, chant

waka

canoe

waka taua

war canoe

whakapapa

genealogy

whanau

extended family

wharenui

maori meeting house

whenua

land, homeland (placenta)